BILL NUMBER: SB 1306	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   656
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 6, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business and Professions (Senators
Figueroa (Chair), Johannessen, Murray, O'Connell, Polanco, and
Speier)

                        MARCH 11, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 22, 5000, 5015.6, 6710, 6714, 7000.5,
7011, and 8710 of the Business and Professionals Code, relating to
professional and vocational licensees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1306, Committee on Business and Professions.   Professional and
vocational licenses:  regulatory boards and officers.
   Existing law creates in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board
for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to administer the
Professional Engineers Act and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act,
the State Board of Accountancy for the certification and regulation
of accountants in this state, and a Contractors' State License Board
to administer the Contractors' State License Law, and, in those
instances respectively, enacts related regulatory provisions.
Existing law provides that these provisions and related
administrative provisions shall become inoperative on July 1, 2000,
and shall be repealed as of January 1, 2001, except with respect to
the State Board of Accountancy, in which case the provisions shall
become inoperative July 1, 2001, and shall be repealed as of January
1, 2002.
   This bill would delete the relevant years in which those
provisions would become inoperative and be repealed, and would extend
those dates for a period of one year.
   The bill would provide that whenever a regulatory program of a
board within the Department of Consumer Affairs is subject to review
by the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee and is taken over by
the department, it shall be designated as a "bureau."


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 22 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   22.  (a) "Board," as used in any provision of this code, refers to
the board in which the administration of the provision is vested,
and unless otherwise expressly provided, shall include "bureau,"
"commission," "committee," "department," "division," "examining
committee," "program," and "agency."
   (b) Whenever the regulatory program of a board that is subject to
review by the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee, as provided
for in Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473), is taken over by
the department, that program shall be designated as a "bureau."
  SEC. 1.5.  Section 5000 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended  to read:
   5000.  There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the State
Board of Accountancy, which consists of 10 members, five of whom
shall be certified public accountants, one of whom shall be a public
accountant, and four of whom shall be public members who shall not be
licentiates of the board or registered by the board.  The board has
the powers and duties conferred by this chapter.
   The Governor shall appoint two of the public members, the five
certified public accountant members, and the public accountant member
qualified as provided in this section.  The Senate Rules Committee
and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member.
In appointing the five certified public accountant members, the
Governor shall appoint members representing a cross section of the
accounting profession with at least one member representing a small
public accounting firm.  For the purposes of this chapter, a small
public accounting firm shall be defined as a professional firm that
employs a total of no more than four certified public accountants as
partners, owners, or full-time employees in the practice of public
accountancy within the State of California.
   This section shall become operative on July 1, 1997, and shall
become inoperative on July 1, 2002, and as of January 1, 2003, is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes effective on
or before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends the dates on which this
section becomes inoperative and is repealed.  The repeal of this
section renders the board subject to the review required by Division
1.2 (commencing with Section 473).
  SEC. 2.  Section 5015.6 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   5015.6.  The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service
who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and
vested in him or her by this chapter.
   This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2002, and, as of
January 1, 2003, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which
becomes effective on or before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 3.  Section 6710 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6710.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board
for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, which consists of 13
members.
   (b) Any reference in any law or regulation to the Board of
Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is deemed
to refer to the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

   (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2001, and, as
of January 1, 2002, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes effective on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review
required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).  However, the
review of the board shall be limited to only those unresolved issues
identified by the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee.
  SEC. 4.  Section 6714 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6714.  The board shall appoint an executive officer at a salary to
be fixed and determined by the board with the approval of the
Director of Finance.
  This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2001, and, as of
January 1, 2002, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes effective on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 7000.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7000.5.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a
Contractors' State License Board, which consists of 13 members.
   (b) The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the
review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).
However, the review of this board by the department shall be limited
to only those unresolved issues identified by the Joint Legislative
Sunset Review Committee.
  (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2001, and, as
of January 1, 2002, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 6.  Section 7011 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7011.  The board by and with the approval of the director shall
appoint a registrar of contractors and fix his or her compensation.
   The registrar shall be the executive officer and secretary of the
board and shall carry out all of the administrative duties as
provided in this chapter and as delegated to him or her by the board.

   For the purpose of administration of this chapter, there may be
appointed a deputy registrar, a chief reviewing and hearing officer
and, subject to Section 159.5, other assistants and subordinates as
may be necessary.
   Appointments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
civil service laws.
  This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2001, and, as of
January 1, 2002, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which
becomes effective on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 7.  Section 8710 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8710.  The Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is
vested with power to administer the provisions and requirements of
this chapter, and may make and enforce rules and regulations that are
reasonably necessary to carry out its provisions.
  This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2001, and, as of
January 1, 2002, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which
becomes effective on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.  The
repeal of this section shall render the board subject to the review
required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).  However, the
review of this board shall be limited to only those unresolved
issues identified by the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee.
